"Validated" treatments and evidence-based psychological services.

In commenting on Carfield's critique of the report of the Task Force on Promotion and Dissemination of Psychological Procedures, some of his observations are amplified, before discussing three strategic questions: (a) Why do we focus on treatment methods? (b) What Is to be done about “unvalidated” methods? (c) How can evidence-based psychological treatment services be developed? It is concluded that a listing of “validated” treatments cannot serve as a rational and dependable basis for evidence-based psychological treatment services.